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Oil insecurity

Iraqi officials worry oil export terminals are vulnerable with British Navy gone, but Americans assure vital export routes are safe for now.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. Navy says Iraq’s two oil export terminals, accounting for more than 70 percent of Iraq’s oil income, remain protected from would-be attackers now that the British Navy is no longer patrolling Iraqi waters or training the Iraqi Navy.

A successful attack would cripple Iraq’s economy and create a major environmental disaster.

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